7 month old Airbus A330-200 Crash Lands in Tripoli - Libya with one survivor

[Danny]

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Another tragic air mishap. Its not a great year for commercial aviation, Especially Airbus. If this one is found to be aircraft fault (Airbus A330-200 "5A-ONG" - Delivered to Afriqiyah in September 09'), then Airbus will be bleeding. Apparently it came to rest 900m from the end of the runway within the airport perimeter, with no post crash fire.

Its the third hull loss to date of an Airbus A330 where fatalities were involved. One 8 year old Dutch boy survived. RIP to those tragically killed in this incident. Lets hope the Libyan government provides full co-operation to investigators so the cause of this loss can be found.

-Dan